Kazi Abdul Kader

Kazi Abdul Kader (1914–2002) was a Pakistani and later Bangladeshi politician. He served as a minister and a member of parliament in both the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly and Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad.^[3][4]

Kazi Abdul Kader
Minister of Food & Agriculture East Pakistan
Member of Jatiya Sangsad Rangpur-3
In office February 1979 – March 1982
Preceded by	Ali Ukil[1]
Succeeded by	Shawfiqul Ghaani Shapan[2]
Personal details
Born	1914 Rangpur district, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	2 October 2002 (aged 88) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality	British Indian (1914–1947) Pakistani (1947–1971) Bangladeshi (1971–2002)
Political party	BML (since 1976)
Other political affiliations	QML (1970–1971) PMLC (1962–1970) PML (1947–1958) AIML (before 1947)
Spouse	Lutfa Kader
Children	Kazi Faruque Kader
Occupation	Politician

Early life

Kader was born in 1914 in Rangpur District, Bengal Presidency, British India.^[4]

Political career

Pakistan

Kader served as a minister in the government of East Pakistan. He was the food and agriculture minister of the erstwhile East Pakistan government and a leader of the Convention Muslim League.^[4][5] He was falsely accused of opposing the independence of Bangladesh during the Bangladesh Liberation War. As a result, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman cancelled his citizenship in 1972, and stripped him off his lands and property and Kader remained stranded in Karachi. He returned to Bangladesh after 1975 when he was able to prove that these allegations were entirely false and joined the revived Bangladesh Muslim League. However, despite several attempts by his descendants, the government of Bangladesh would not return the properties grabbed under false accusations.^{[citation needed]}

Bangladesh

Kazi Abdul Kader later served as the president of the Bangladesh Muslim League in Bangladesh. Kader contested the second Bangladeshi general election in 1979 on a ticket from the Muslim League. He contested from the seat Rangpur-3 and won the constituency.^[6] He contested again from the Muslim League during the 1991 Bangladeshi general election, this time from Nilphamari-3. He came in fifth place with 4,834 votes (4.34%).^[7]

Personal life

Kader was married twice. His first wife was Lutfa Kader from Murshidabad, West Bengal, India and he had six sons and one daughter with her. She is believed to be a sayyidah, an honorific title denoting people accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His second wife was Nawabzadi Kaniz Fatema of the Dhaka nawab family. Kader's eldest son is Kazi Faruque Kader. Faruq is a Freedom Fighter and served as the member of parliament twice from Nilphamari-3, the last time being from 2008 to 2014.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Kader died on 2 October 2002 in his Gulshan residence in Dhaka. He died from old-age complications at the age of 88.^{[citation needed]}